No, Conservatives, Texas Power Grid Collapse Wasn’t Because Of Wind Turbine Failures
Texas had a record breaking cold snap this past week as a result of the Jet Stream slumping way south of where it normally sits, and allowing a huge mass…
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Spreading Like Wildfire
It’s an old phrase that has taken on a new meaning in the Anthropocene epoch. Wildfires that sweep vast regions, year after year, sometimes spreading at such speed that they…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andre Noel reports on the growing push among medical professionals for a COVID-zero strategy, while Zach Goudie points out how people can reduce…
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Hum – Waves
We’re In a Pandemic, the Worst In a Century. People Are Hurting. Governments Struggle to Help. Even Our Banks are Struggling…
If you’re a small business owner, you’re probably in trouble. If you work for that small business owner or the hundreds of thousands of others, your job may be gone…
This is Our New Normal and, No, We’re Not Prepared For It.
While all eyes are on Texas, the foibles of Ted Cruz, etc. there’s scant mention of the heatwave over Greenland in the 24 hr. darkness of the Arctic winter. Greenland…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Karp writes about the connection between heavily polarized politics, and the concentration of wealth in the hands of people whose interests are…
Jamal Khashoggi’s Ghost Returns to Haunt Mohammed bin Salman
President Biden is expected to release the US intelligence report fingering Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the brutal killing and dismemberment of then Washington Post correspondent, Jamal Khashoggi…
Even Pfizer/Moderna Vaccines No Match for Covid Variant
They’re the gold standard for Covid vaccines but that laurel may be fleeting. A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from…
Ted, Ted, Wherefore Art Thou, Ted?
While his home state was in a frozen crisis, senator Ted Cruz headed for the sun and warmth of Cancun. Big problem. Cruz has a face as recognizable as a…
The Path We’re On is Suicidal.
James Lovelock once depicted human beings as parasites that grow to numbers that overwhelm their host, Earth, sending the host into a powerful fever that, in turn, kills off the…
The Disaffected Lib Mk. II 2021-02-18 11:34:00
The Japanese government has been catching hell from the International Olympic Committee over its sexist policies. Former Japanese prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, headed Tokyo’s Olympic Organizing Committee until it came…
The Times in Which We Live – If You Can’t Govern, Lie
Don’t Mess With Texas – at least not while it’s neck deep in a mess of its own making. But when you’re the government, go for the easy out –…
Did I Hear This Right? Montreal Lifts Covid Restrictions. Third Wave Weeks Away?
It’s not easy to stay current with Covid developments in Canada, province by province, and yet it’s at the provincial level that many of the boneheaded decisions are taken. In…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jonah Brunet points out the wide variety of definitions of the term “lockdown” in response to COVID-19 – with imprecision in the meaning…
Adios, Rush.
Rush Limbaugh has departed this mortal coil. Lung cancer. Age 70. Trump bid adieu, calling Limbaugh “a true American legend.” “In theory, he could have been gone four months ago,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Embedded cats.
When Grids Fail
Climate change is the mortal enemy of public infrastructure – the highways, railways, ports and electrical grids we (i.e. our parents and grandparents) built to facilitate our modern economies. The…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kamran Abbasi makes the case to treat the avoidable deaths resulting from the mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic as a form of…
The Cognoscenti Syndrome
There is a group of people I think of as the Cognoscenti, people who are well educated, very informed and of rapidly diminishing relevance. Their ranks include writers such as…